5th Jager Division

The 5th Jager Division was a German Wehrmacht division that was active from October 1934 to 8 May 1945. The division first saw combat in the 1940 Battle of France, and it served in occupied France until March 1941, when it took part in Operation Barbarossa and the Soviet Union. The division fought at Vitebsk, Kovel, and Narev during Operation Bagration in 1944. In 1945, it fought with the Red Army around Freienwalde near the Oder River, and it surrendered to the Red Army at Wittenberge after the Battle of Berlin.